Radden Wins 200 Meters as CCSU Places 12th at New Englands

Feb 27, 2010

Freshman Aaron
Radden won the 200 meter dash as Central Connecticut State
University placed 12th out of 34 scoring teams at the New England
Indoor Track and Field Championships this weekend. Radden broke
his own school record again as he crossed the line in 21.03
seconds. His time is the 11th fastest in Division I this
season.

Radden scored 12 out of the Blue Devils' 19 points. The
freshman also took seventh place in the 55 meter dash, recording a
time of 6.48 seconds. CCSU's 19 points were good enough for 12th
place overall. Connecticut took home the team crown, tallying 140
points in the meet. Rhode Island and New Hampshire took second and
third place honors with scores of 69 and 60, respectively.

Sophomores Sam Alexander and Matt
Berube were responsible for the other seven points for
Central. On Friday Alexander placed third in the 5,000 meter run,
while Berube was eighth in the long jump. Alexander's time of
14:48.13 broke the school record in the event.

Six other Blue Devils put forth top 20 performances on
Saturday. Sophomore Rashad Williams and freshman
Keith
Boyd-Carter competed in the field events for CCSU. Williams
tied for 16th in the shot put with a distance of 44 feet 1.25
inches, while Boyd-Carter recorded a distance of 41 feet 8.75
inches to tie for 15th in the triple jump.

Junior Josue Paul joined Radden in
the 55 meter dash, but failed to qualify for the finals. He placed
11th in the semifinal heats, finishing in 6.62 seconds. Sophomore
Michael Waterbury finished
just out of the points, recording a time of 2:33.60 to place ninth
in the 1,000 meter run.

Sophomore Jeremy Schmid and a pair of
freshmen handled the distance events on Saturday. Schmid crossed
the line in 4:19.88 to place 20th in the one mile run, while
freshman Mohamed
Hrezi took 25 in a time of 4:23.43. Freshman Craig Hunt ran an
8:41.15 3,000 meters to place 19th in the event.